BASH textbook for kids

Thu Dec 22 08:04:49 MST 2022

Mike,

In 1986 my manager gave me the only computer my department had. It was a 
CPM/DOS machine.  It was portable and weighed probably 5lbs.

I loaded DOS and was lost for a while.  Not sure how I made that jump, 
however within a few months I was running dBaseIII on it and doing some 
programming.

At the time I was studying programming at the local junior college - 
hence that is why I was given the computer.

I said all that to say this.

At the JC they liked to use Turbo Pascal to teach programming. To me 
that was a missed opportunity.  C programming was an elective.  I 
eventually took a C course and the light bulb went off.

Given my experience I would suggest starting with the C programming 
language.  It is native to Linux and Linux has a C compiler.

I like the book 
https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JS46BLNIPV1L&keywords=the+c+programming+language&qid=1671720724&s=books&sprefix=the+c+programming+language%2Cstripbooks%2C127&sr=1-1

I have the soft cover.

I'm thinking that it might take 90 - 120 days to work through the book 
at a couple hours a day while doing the lessons.

I would suggest this book because it really introduces programming and 
to some degree the computer's architecture.

I learned a lot from this book.  Like I say the light bulb went off 
during that class.

I would like to spend a year with that book on Linux learning how to 
really program on Linux.

Keith

On 2022-12-22 07:26, trent shipley via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Python is a great first language, and there is no shortage of
> beginning Python books aimed at young beginners. I've never read a
> juvenalia programming book, except maybe pre-Visual Basic BASIC with
> the line numbers and goto-s for me, but at 14 she may be a bit old for
> them and you might be OK with just a general audience "learn
> programming with Python" book.
> 
> Why were you interested in BASH scripting?  BASH, or any shell script
> is not something I'd intentionally pick for someone's first intro to
> CS and programming.  Also, shell scripting languages tend to enforce
> no software architecture best practices and are full of footguns.I can
> see BASH being useful if you wanted her to maximize her responsibility
> for administering her own Linux personal machine ASAP.  There are
> beginner BASH scripting books, but I doubt there are any targeted to
> kids specifically.
> 
> Trent
> 
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 6:46 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 
>> bad typo... my daughter is 14.... not 24 so I need something for
>> kids. sorry about the typo
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 10:15 PM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 
>> https://www.zybooks.com/catalog/programming-in-python-3/
>> 
>> On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 03:34:14 PM MST, James Mcphee
>> via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Probably my favorite little tutorial on python is a byte of python
>> https://python.swaroopch.com/
>> 
>> Though I do wish we had a good tutorial that taught good programming
>> behaviors that wasn't ultra-specific to a task.
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 3:31 PM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 
>> https://pythoninstitute.org/study-resources
>> 
>> On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 02:06:46 PM MST, greg zegan via
>> PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 
>> https://edube.org/learn/pe-1/earn-pcep-certification-8
>> 
>> On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 01:07:22 PM MST, JD Austin via
>> PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Python and many other things (but not Bash) here:
>> https://www.w3schools.com/
>> Bash:
>> 
>> * https://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/
>> * https://linuxconfig.org/bash-scripting-tutorial-for-beginners
>> * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXhiZeXZVWc
>> 
>> JD
>> 
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>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 12:58 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss
>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
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>> Does anyone know of a good resource that teaches kids BASH or
>> PYTHON? I gots myself a 24 year old young lady who I'd like to get a
>> book for.
>> 
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